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Is this economic downturn just what the doctor ordered?
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The Great Depression that began with the stock market crash of 1929 was the economic low point of the 20 th century. The economy shrank at annual rates ...
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Is this economic downturn just what the doctor ordered?
September 28, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Good health usually prevails in bad economy
September 28, 2009 By Leave a Comment
If the recession has you worried about paying for visits to the doctor, here's a small silver lining: A new study strengthens the link between a bad economy and good health. The Great Depression that began with the stock market crash of 1929 was the economic low point of the 20th century. The economy shrank at annual rates reaching 14 percent, and unemployment peaked at 22.9 percent. The recovery didn't begin until the middle of 1933.
And yet, public health was never better, according to a variety of measures laid out in a report by researchers from the University of Michigan. Rest of article
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Families feel the squeeze of economic crunch
December 1, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Economists and historians say workers are as worried now as they were in 1929 after the epic stock market crash. They agree working-class people are often the hardest hit in an economic crisis.
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The myth of the banker on the edge ignores a wider misery
November 16, 2008 By Leave a Comment
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The myth of the banker on the edge ignores a wider misery
guardian.co.uk, UK - Nov 8, 2008
His death 'evokes memories of the 1929 Wall Street crash' (the Mail). He had had it all, the £3.5m town house in Chelsea, the loving family and the fine ... |
The Great Depression still unmatched
November 4, 2008 By Leave a Comment
The October 1929 stock market crash started 10 years of unprecedented financial strife which still dwarfs any recession or market disruption in U.S. history. By any measure, our current economic suffering pales in comparison with what the nation endured from 1929 through 1939. Still, most economists are predicting a long, difficult period ahead. Could it eventually become a depression. Rest of Story on USA Today
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Economy Melting Ice Sculpture
November 3, 2008 By Leave a Comment
1929 stock market crash is remembered with a symbolic ice sculpture as the word "ECONOMY" melts on Foley Square. It's 5 ft tall & 15 ft wide on a pedestal. It was put in place on October 29th so we remember it was 79 years ago when the 10 year Great Depression kicked off with the 1929 Stock Market Crash.
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Tags: economy, great depression, market crash of 1929, stock market crashDon’t Just Do Something. Stand There.
October 31, 2008 By Leave a Comment
People ask me if the current mess feels like 1929. But the right comparison is 1932, when Herbert Hoover was desperately trying anything, anything at all, to get the economy going. The stock market had crashed. The economy was starting to follow it down. So what did Hoover and his fellow policy makers do? Read on at that the WSJ
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On this Day: ‘Black Tuesday’ Stock Market Crash Ushers in Gr
October 29, 2008 By Leave a Comment
On Oct. 29, 1929, the New York Stock Exchange closed down 12.8 percent, marking the end of the Bull Market of the 1920s and the beginning of the Great Depression.
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1929 Headlines Before and After the Crash
October 28, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Stock market news moved from the financial pages to the front pages as the number of first-time investors grew in the 1920s. Throughout 1929 daily papers reported that the future looked bright for investors -- even after the devastating market crash in October.
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Crash course – Financial Times
October 25, 2008 By Leave a Comment
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Crash course
Financial Times, UK - 1 hour ago
One such moment occurs halfway through Selwyn Parker's The Great Crash: How the Stock Market Crash of 1929 Plunged the World into Depression . ... |